Improvement in guide for sewing-machines



A. L. RUMPPP.

,GUIDE FOR SEWING MACHINES.

o, 89,506. Patented Apr; 27,; 1869 ama- AUGUSTUS L. RUMPFF, OFDANSVILLE, YORK.

Letters Patent No. 89,506, dated April 27, 1869.

IIJI'ROVEMENT IN GUIDE FOR SEWING-MACHINES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thelimo.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUSTUS L. RUMPFF, of' Dansville, in the county ofLivingston, and in the State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Sewing-Machine Guides; and do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction of a guide forsewing-machines, to stitch two pieces of cloth together.

In order to enable others skilled in the art, to which my inventionappertains, to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawings, whichform a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a plan viewofthe plate of a sewingmachine, with my improvement attached; and,

Figure 2 is a side view of the guide.

A represents the plate of a sewing-machine, on which the guide B isplaced. The guid B is, so to say, divided in two parts by a flange oneach side, as seen in fig. 2, one part forming the handle, whichisprovided with an elongated slot a, for the insertion of a thumb-screw,by the means of which the guide is secured to the table, or plate of thesewing-machine.

The other part which forms the guide proper, is provided with a hole, b,from which aslot, 0, leads out to the edge of the guide.

The guide B is secured to the plate A, in such a position that the holeb will be exactly over the needle-hole in the plate.

The two pieces of cloth which it is desired to stitch together, are thenplaced, one below, and the other above the guide B, and the machineputin operation. The needle passing through the hole 1), makes thestitch in the usual manner, and the stitch passes out through the slot0, leaving the two pieces of cloth a certain distance apart, butconnected, or stitched together.

The length of the stitch is regulated by the usual mode of making aloose or. tight stitch.

Having thus fully described my invention,

\Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The guide B, constructed as described, and provided with an elongatedslot a, hole I), and slot 0, all substantially as shown and specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand,this 19th day of December, 1868.

AUGUSTUS L. RUMPFF.

Witnesses:

GEORGE W. WILLIAMSON. JOHN H. RU'MPFF.

